Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 18:45:00 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_7 - has mergemaster changed logic since 7.2-RELEASE? Message-ID: <20090506184500.70b2c6f2.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <4A00AF76.8010604@FreeBSD.org> References: <20090504225012.392fa49f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4A00AF76.8010604@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, 05 May 2009 14:28:22 -0700 Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > I've read this thread and find the whole thing very odd. In particular I agree - it is odd. I have a few more machines to upgrade in the coming weeks - if anyone have a better testcase to find out what is going on, I'm ready for it. > That shouldn't even be possible. You have to affirmatively choose 'i' > (for install) for it to be installed at all, the default is to leave > it in the temproot directory. Additionally, the code to handle > deleting is some of the oldest code in the script, and hasn't changed > in over 8 years. Well, something has changed in the way mergemaster handles this, unless there is something else in the make world procedure that updates files in /etc? To be clear, I follow this procedure: 1. make buildworld 2. make kernel 3. shutdown now 4. mergemaster -p 5. make installworld 6. mergemaster -iU 7. fastboot > I saw your followup message, can you please do me a favor and modify > your /etc/motd file again, then run the following in a script(1) and > send me the log? /bin/sh -x mergemaster -iU Done - sent in personal mail. HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen
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